Teddy is solving the following problem James earns 400$ in a week plus 5$ in tips for each customer he serves he is hoping to earn more than 1,000$ this week how many customers would he have to serve to meet his goal
To find the number of customers James would have to serve to meet his goal, Teddy first needs to determine how much he's earning in tips.
Since James earns $5 in tips for each customer he serves, Teddy needs to find the number of customers he needs to serve to reach his goal of earning more than $1000.
Let's call the number of customers James needs to serve x.
Since James earns $400 in a week regardless of the number of customers he serves, we need to find how much he earns in tips. This can be represented by the equation:
5x > 1000 - 400
Simplifying the equation:
5x > 600
Divide both sides of the inequality by 5 to solve for x:
x > 600 / 5
x > 120
Therefore, Teddy concludes that James would need to serve more than 120 customers in order to meet his goal of earning more than $1000 this week.